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Austin Peay (16-7, 8-2) vs, SIU Edwardsville (8-14, 4-6)

Clarksville, TN – As one of four teams tied atop the league at 8-2, Austin Peay State University (APSU) men’s basketball looks to take care of business when it returns home for a Thursday night, February 7th, 8:00pm tip-off against SIU Edwardsville in the Dunn Center.

National Weather Service (NWS)

Nashville, TN – The National Weather Service (NWS) reports possible risk of severe storms Wednesday, February 6th and Wednesday night across Clarksville-Montgomery County and most of Middle Tennessee. The best chance for severe storms is around Clarksville, Dover and Erin.

The primary threat is damaging straight-line winds.

Rain and thunderstorms will become heavier and more widespread tonight and will last into Thursday evening before a strong cold frontal passage.

2.5 inches of rain expected around Clarksville-Montgomery County by Thursday evening. Some flooding possible.

City of Clarksville

Clarksville, TN – For Eddie Combs, who’s worked for CDE Lightband for 45 years, trees are a big deal.

Combs has spent the last 11 years as the utility’s right-of-way foreman, and a big part of that job is managing how trees interact — or better, how they don’t interact — with power lines.

Eddie Combs, a 45-year employee at CDE Lightband, is congratulated Wednesday by CDE General Manager Brian Taylor, left, and Clarksville Mayor Joe Pitts. The City of Clarksville presented service pins to more than 200 workers at its annual employee awards breakfast.

APSU Sports Information

Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University (APSU) head football coach Mark Hudspeth has announced the addition of seven student-athletes during National Signing Day, Wednesday.

“Overall, we’ve got guys we think can develop at a very high level over the next few years, but also we’ve got some guys that we’ve recently signed that we feel like can come in and be impact players for us this year,” Hudspeth said. “We have the ability to build for the future, but also have added immediate help to areas right now.”

APSU Sports Information

Clarksville, TN – Owing to the overwhelming hype surrounding the contest, the February 14th, 2019 men’s basketball game between Austin Peay State University (APSU) and Murray State at the Dunn Center has been moved to an 8:00pm tipoff to accommodate a broadcast change to ESPN2.

Austin Peay Men’s Basketball game against Murray State on February 14th has start time changed to 8:00pm. (APSU Sports Information)

Clarksville Police Department (CPD)

Clarksville, TN – In an effort to educate the public and promote safer driving habits, the Clarksville Police Department has compiled some statistics related to motor vehicle crashes for 2018 in the city limits of Clarksville.

The 2018 estimates for population within the city limits of Clarksville is approximately 153,000 and with inclusion of the county, pushes the population directly influencing traffic within city limits to about 200,000.

Clarksville Police Department reports that in 2018, there were 7220 crashes compared to 6684 in 2017, an increase of 536 crashes.